<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I have to agree. I have some of the lowest electricity rates in the country and the fastest Internet speed in the country. That being said, EPB needs to honor their advertised speeds/prices for all customers.<br>
<br>Stephen Haywood<div>Information Security Consultant</div><div>W: <a href="http://www.averagesecurityguy.info">www.averagesecurityguy.info</a></div><div>T: @averagesecguy</div></div><div><br>On Oct 4, 2012, at 10:15 AM, Ralph Edge <<a href="mailto:rledge21@gmail.com">rledge21@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>I do have to agree that EPB has been the best ISP I've ever had. I have the cheapest line(was 30m, now upgraded to 50m). Compared to other ISPs I've had in the past(Charter, Frontier, Comcast, etc, etc), EPB is much better. Never had the internet go down on me, and I've always been able to use the advertised speeds. Very nice to not have random lag during peak hours, be able to upload at full speed, and to always have a connection. Definitely worth the price I pay.<div>

EPB has hidden the cost in the Electric Rates, as they must, since they borrowed 300M on the books on the Electric Side of the operation.<br>
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From: <a href="mailto:chugalug-bounces@chugalug.org">chugalug-bounces@chugalug.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:chugalug-bounces@chugalug.org">chugalug-bounces@chugalug.org</a>] On Behalf Of William Wade<br>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 10:03 AM<br>
To: Chattanooga Unix Gnu Android Linux Users Group<br>
Subject: Re: [Chugalug] EPB articles at <a href="http://timesfreepress.com" target="_blank">timesfreepress.com</a><br>
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I think everyone does need to remember that while it is bad of them, and we wish they would do things differently, and can act in such ways that they will hopefully see the light (good job Aaron). While all of that is true, EPB has brought very fast internet, at fair prices, to the residential market. I am currently living in Mountain View, CA and the speeds feel slow here compared to my house in Chattanooga (Mostly on large file transfers of 1G+).<br>

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Anyway we now return you to your regularly scheduled let's make EPB even better discussion.<br>
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On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 6:56 AM, David Snyder <<a href="mailto:davids@volstate.net">davids@volstate.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> So did I. BTW, their rate of $9000 per month is actually higher than<br>
> private market prices for a “gig”.<br>
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> We also have been asking EPB to “open” their network to us. We want<br>
> to provide our services over their publicly owned fiber network. The<br>
> idea is that my company would interconnect with EPB and utilize them<br>
> for “loops”, not even using their bandwidth to deliver services. We<br>
> would sell the EPB loops at full retail small business rates. So far,<br>
> that idea has not gotten anywhere in over 2 years. EPB is not only wasting Chattanooga’s dollars on<br>
> this network, they are also not even trying to be “open”. This is<br>
> Government competition with small business – they are NOT small<br>
> business friendly as they would prefer that small service providers go away.<br>
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> From: <a href="mailto:chugalug-bounces@chugalug.org">chugalug-bounces@chugalug.org</a><br>
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> On Behalf Of Aaron Welch<br>
> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 9:44 AM<br>
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> To: Chattanooga Unix Gnu Android Linux Users Group<br>
> Subject: Re: [Chugalug] EPB articles at <a href="http://timesfreepress.com" target="_blank">timesfreepress.com</a><br>
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> To be clear, we offered to pay for the standard service at $300 a<br>
> month and never heard back from them. Guess $300 a month does not<br>
> cover their $9k a month product that we did not need.<br>
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> -AW<br>
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> On Oct 4, 2012, at 9:37 AM, David Snyder <<a href="mailto:davids@volstate.net">davids@volstate.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I’ve been blogging about this for quite some time. See my opinions<br>
> about municipal broadband projects and their consequences here:<br>
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> <a href="http://bureaucalypse.org/" target="_blank">http://bureaucalypse.org/</a><br>
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> I’m sorry that Aaron has found out just as I and other service<br>
> providers have. EPB is not being honest. EPB has wasted taxpayer and<br>
> ratepayer dollars on building a service that is simply not practical<br>
> for widespread use. Those of you who actually know bandwidth<br>
> consumption and measure it – this is not news to you. Unfortunately,<br>
> for 99% of the customers out there they have no idea how much<br>
> bandwidth they actually need or use. It is a shame that the<br>
> politicians in this area have been preyed upon by vendors who see an<br>
> easy sale. The politicians in turn have passed on their outrageous<br>
> fees to the ratepayers for a network that will be eventually be<br>
> matched by private competitors at prices far below what EPB can do.<br>
> Look, EPB now has $300M in borrowed money they must float. That is a big problem that is not going away.<br>
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> Aaron, I am truly sorry this has happened to you. Keep up the fight<br>
> for pursuing your business. You will need to concentrate on building<br>
> without the assistance of Government programs. In the end, you are<br>
> much better off not having to answer to clueless politicians about your business model.<br>
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> From: <a href="mailto:chugalug-bounces@chugalug.org">chugalug-bounces@chugalug.org</a><br>
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> On Behalf Of Aaron Welch<br>
> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 8:57 AM<br>
> To: Chattanooga Unix Gnu Android Linux Users Group<br>
> Subject: [Chugalug] EPB articles at <a href="http://timesfreepress.com" target="_blank">timesfreepress.com</a><br>
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> <a href="http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/oct/04/gig-tank-winner-settles" target="_blank">http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/oct/04/gig-tank-winner-settles</a><br>
> -for-less-chattanooga/<br>
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> <a href="http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/oct/04/epbs-gig-service-hoax-c" target="_blank">http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/oct/04/epbs-gig-service-hoax-c</a><br>
> hattanooga-free-press-opini/<br>
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> Let me know what you guys think.<br>
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> -AW<br>
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